Wardrobe-trunk.



' A. H. BOYD.

WARDROBE TRUNK.

APPLICATION men JUNE 24. 1914.,

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WARDROBE TRUNK.

APPLICATION FILED mm: 24 1914.

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ABRAMIl-I. BOYD, ON ASPINWALL, rENNsYLvANIA; ASSIGNOR TO B. B. & 2B. TRUNK com- IANY, or PITTSBURGH, PENNsYLvANIa CORPORATION OF PENNSYLVANIA.

VWARDROVIIBE-TBUNK.

N To all whom it may cohcem:

Be it known that I, ABRAM H. BOYD, a

citizen, of ,the United States, and resident of Aspinwall, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a r new, and, useful Improvement in Wardrobe- Trunks; and I do herebydeclare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription hereof, N N i N j N N My invention relates totrunks. N

Tillie obj ct of; myiin is to Provide a simple and efficient means for; holding the clothes when suspended from c loth eshangers compactly together, so that they Nwill not be displaced in transit, and at the same time will not be so, tightly held as to crease or injure the same. .Ji. To these ends my invention comprises the novel features hereinafter set forth and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective View of a wardrobe trunk showing my invention applied thereto, the trunk being in Open position; Fig. 2 is an enlarged sectional view of the wardrobe section; Fig. 3 is a vertical section of the trunk closed, and. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the retaining gate.

In the patent to William T. and Elmer E. Boyd, et al., No. 1,185,971, June 6, 1916, there is illustrated and described a retaining gate which engages a rack at its lower end, and the upper end of the gate rests upon the hanger-brackets so that when the lid is lowered on the trunk said lid presses on the gate and it is held securely in position. The present invention has relation tO this idea as broadly claimed in said application, but in addition has certain novel features which will now be described.

I have illustrated my inventioniin connection with a common form of wardrobe trunk although it may be applied to any style.

The trunk comprises the vertically hinged sections 2 and 3, the latter being generally what is termed the wardrobe section, and said section is provided with the bracket 4 which extends above the top edge of the wardrobe section, and said bracket carries the hanger-supports 5, which have the outer hinge-sections 6 swung up in position to provide for the moving of the hangers 7 to a point outside the wardrobe section, which is a common construction and does not need further description.

Secured to the inside walls of the wardrobe section 3 are the toothed-plates 8, the teeth 9 of said plates being slightly rounded as at 10, to widen the outlets between said teeth and make them flare outwardly. Above said plates 8 and secured to the inside walls ofthe wardrobe section are the ratchet plates 11 provided with the ratchet-teeth 11 The gate '12 is composed of the bottom cross-strip 13, the intermediate cross-strip 14, and the top cross-strip 15, connected by the vertical strips 16. The top cross-strip is provided with the grooves 17. The lower cross strip 113 is adapted toengage the spaces between the teeth 9 of the" toothed plates 8, and the intermediate cross-strip 14 is adapted N to engage the ratchet-teeth 11 of the plates 11. The teeth 9 are sufficiently deep so that the gate 12 may be lifted to such an extent as to permit the intermediate crossstrip 14 to pass over the ratchet-teeth 11 without disengaging the lower cross-strip 13 from the teeth 9. The upper cross-piece 15 when in position has its grooves 17 engaging the hanger-bars 5. a

To insert the gate in position the lower cross-piece is first adjusted into the position indicated in dotted lines Fig. 2 with the cross-strip 13 between the teeth 9, where-N upon the upper end of the gate is moved forward and the intermediate cross-piece 14 slips over the ratchet-teeth 11 until the upper end of the gate has been brought into practically the same vertical plane-asthe lower end of the gate, whereupon the gate being lowered the lower cross-piece 13 drops into the bottom of the teeth 9, while the intermediate cross-piece 14 engages the ratchet teeth so as to hold it securely in this position. The upper crosspiece 15 has its grooves 17 engaging the hanger-bars 5. In this manner the intermediate cross-piece 14 engages the clothes up at a. point adjacent to the point from which they are suspended from the hangers 7, and the clothes are held securely in position and held from jolting or being displaced in the handling of the trunk. The flat portion of the intermediate cross-piece'14 engages the suits or clothes, and does not cut into or crease the same injuriously, but simply acts with sufficient pressure to hold them immovably in position. When the lid is lowered the inner face of the lid comes in contact with the outer ends of the upper cross-piece 15 and Patented June 4, 1918. Applicatioirfiled June 24, 1914. Serial No. 847,047. i

acts further to bind the gate securely in position so that it cannot slip from the ratchet-teeth 11.

By having the teeth 9 slightly curved, as indicated at 10, a flaring mouth is given to the teeth and the lower cross-bar can be more readily inserted and has greater leverage and more freedom of movement in forcing the upper end of the gate into locking position. The lower end of the gate having once been inserted at an angle as indicated in Fig. 2, the upper end can then be forced forward so to come into line with the lower end.

WVhat I claim is: i 1. A wardrobe trunk comprising a clothes compartment, a retaining gate, said compartment having over-topped notches in its innerwalls with which the lower end of said gate engages, ratchet-teeth on the inner walls of said compartment with which the upper portion of said gate engages, the depth of said notches being greater than the depth of said ratchet-teeth.

2. A wardrobe trunk comprising a clothes compartment, a retaining gate, said compartment having flaring notches on its inner Walls with which the lower end of said gate engages, and ratchet-teeth in the inner walls of said compartment with which the upper portion of said gate is adapted to enteethon the inner walls of said compartment engaged by the intermediate crossbar, and a lid on said compartment engaging the upper cross-bar. r

In testimony whereof I, the said ABRAM H. Born, have hereunto set my hand.

M ABRAM H. BOYD. Witnesses:

Boer. lD. TOTTEN, JOHN F. WiLL.

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